Priority Programme Fund - Legal and Advice Service

August 11, 2025 Cabinet Member - Finance, Corporate Services and Sustainability and Deputy Leader (Cabinet member) Approved View on council website

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Summary

...to allocate grant funding of £378,200 for legal and advice services to Citizen's Advice Oldham, renewing the existing grant for one year until March 31st, 2026.

Full council record
Purpose

To allocate grant funding from the Priority
Programme Fund (PPF) for legal and advice services and renewing
existing grants for one year (2023/24).

Content

To allocate grant funding for legal and advice
services, renewing the
existing grant for one year (25/26)

Reasons for the decision

Decommissioning: This is not regarded as a
viable option. For Citizen’s Advice this would represent the
loss of their core funding and may result in a significant
reduction in the services they are able to offer and could result
in closure of the service.

Alternative options considered

Decommissioning: This is not regarded as a
viable option. For Citizen’s Advice this would represent the
loss of their core funding and may result in a significant
reduction in the services they are able to offer and could result
in closure of the service.

Supporting Documents

Reason for Decision - Citizen Advice.pdf
Priority Programme Fund Legal Advice Services CAO.pdf

Details

OutcomeRecommendations approved
Decision date11 Aug 2025